public static bool UpdateLinkedFamilyInfo(LinkedFamilyInfo familyInfo, ElementType linkedType)
{
var updated = false;
try
{
if (null == familySchema)
{
familySchema = CreateFamilySchema();
}
if (null != familySchema)
{
var entity = linkedType.GetEntity(familySchema);
if (entity.IsValid())
{
linkedType.DeleteEntity(familySchema);
}
entity = new Entity(familySchema);
entity.Set <ElementId>(familySchema.GetField(s_SourceLinkInstanceId), familyInfo.SourceLinkInstanceId);
entity.Set <ElementId>(familySchema.GetField(s_SourceSymbolId), familyInfo.SourceTypeId);
entity.Set <ElementId>(familySchema.GetField(s_LinkedSymbolId), familyInfo.TargetTypeId);
linkedType.SetEntity(entity);
updated = true;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to update the information of the linked family.\n" + ex.Message, "Update Linked Family Info", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Warning);
}
return(updated);
}
public static bool RemoveLinkedFamilyInfo(ElementType linkedType)
{
var removed = false;
try
{
var entity = linkedType.GetEntity(familySchema);
if (entity.IsValid())
{
linkedType.DeleteEntity(familySchema);
removed = true;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Failed to remove the linked family info from data storage.\n" + ex.Message, "Remove Linked Family Info", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Warning);
}
return(removed);
}